Here kitty, kitty... Lion sighting has bounty hunters of Essex out in force

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A photograph of the animal taken by Gillian Atkin, a holidaymaker at St OsythGillian Atkin

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The real thing: a lion in KenyaReuters

Ruth Maclean

Published at 12:01AM, August 28 2012

As a child growing up in the African bush I have spent many long days staring
endlessly into the scrubby distance of the Serengeti, Kalahari, Kruger and
countless other safari parks in the back of a hot car with my three
siblings, keeping my eyes peeled for lions. But I never thought I’d have to
do it in Essex.

Reports emerged on Sunday night that holidaymakers on a caravan site in St
Osyth, Essex, had seen
a large feline animal in a neighbouring field. The police were alerted
and sent two helicopters with searchlights and a team of armed officers

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As police called off the search, most people said they never believed the story anyway